( I dont want to give Lee for Evans but basically this trade is Lee+bad 1st, for Cousins and bass and end of the bench .for not saying the scr word...for evans , so yes its a dream)League had seen worse trades and loopsided though

I'm not a big fan of Cousins the person or the player but even I think this is a ridiculous offer from Sacramento's point of view. It's so ridiculous that if Ainge were to make this offer, Petrie would immediately contact league security and say Ainge has been kidnapped.

Enough said! Potentially one of the best starting line up in the league.Potentially THE BEST BENCH in the league over the past couple of years!

Yeah, the trade is brutal from Sacto's perspective. However, what really puzzled me was that you have Sullinger and Bradley starting ahead of Cousins and Evans. Do people realize just how good Cousins and Evans are?

so we give up 2 bench guys on overpaid contracts (a bit overpriced for what we're getting this year), a highly-speculative prospect that is at LEAST a year from justifiably seeing an NBA court and a vet min guy that we don't want to ever see the court again

FOR

2 young, starting-calibur players on decent contracts (who still have some room to improve) and a serviceable player on an overpaid contract?

I realize you prefaced by saying you're dreaming but I think you should have admitted it was a hallucination.

IF, and I do mean a big IF, Melo was projected to be the next Marc Gasol (or better), this might have some remote chance of being considered but Melo is nowhere near that point. If this did happen and Melo did become that good, people would be comparing this deal to the Lakers-getting-Pau deal for years and they wouldn't be far off.

so we give up 2 bench guys on overpaid contracts (a bit overpriced for what we're getting this year), a highly-speculative prospect that is at LEAST a year from justifiably seeing an NBA court and a vet min guy that we don't want to ever see the court again

FOR

2 young, perennial all-star potential type players on decent contracts (who still have some room to improve) and a serviceable player on an overpaid contract?

I realize you prefaced by saying you're dreaming but I think you should have admitted it was a hallucination.

IF, and I do mean a big IF, Melo was projected to be the next Marc Gasol (or better), this might have some remote chance of being considered but Melo is nowhere near that point. If this did happen and Melo did become that good, people would be comparing this deal to the Lakers-getting-Pau deal for years and they wouldn't be far off.

Fixed it for you since they're both better than "starting caliber players"

so we give up 2 bench guys on overpaid contracts (a bit overpriced for what we're getting this year), a highly-speculative prospect that is at LEAST a year from justifiably seeing an NBA court and a vet min guy that we don't want to ever see the court again

FOR

2 young, perennial all-star potential type players on decent contracts (who still have some room to improve) and a serviceable player on an overpaid contract?

I realize you prefaced by saying you're dreaming but I think you should have admitted it was a hallucination.

IF, and I do mean a big IF, Melo was projected to be the next Marc Gasol (or better), this might have some remote chance of being considered but Melo is nowhere near that point. If this did happen and Melo did become that good, people would be comparing this deal to the Lakers-getting-Pau deal for years and they wouldn't be far off.

Fixed it for you since they're both better than "starting caliber players"

no argument there but I went conservative so that it didn't appear that I was piling on the OP

so we give up 2 bench guys on overpaid contracts (a bit overpriced for what we're getting this year), a highly-speculative prospect that is at LEAST a year from justifiably seeing an NBA court and a vet min guy that we don't want to ever see the court again

FOR

2 young, perennial all-star potential type players on decent contracts (who still have some room to improve) and a serviceable player on an overpaid contract?

I realize you prefaced by saying you're dreaming but I think you should have admitted it was a hallucination.

IF, and I do mean a big IF, Melo was projected to be the next Marc Gasol (or better), this might have some remote chance of being considered but Melo is nowhere near that point. If this did happen and Melo did become that good, people would be comparing this deal to the Lakers-getting-Pau deal for years and they wouldn't be far off.

Fixed it for you since they're both better than "starting caliber players"

no argument there but I went conservative so that it didn't appear that I was piling on the OP

Cool. I just wanted to clarify that part since I've seen many people undervalue Cousins and Evans.